Transportation

VIA

VIA Bike Trains Return for the Summer with More Departures, More Destinations

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Bicycling , Consumer , Featured , Leisure , Parks & Recreation , Transportation , Travel VIA Rail Canada is pleased to announce that as in previous summers, its bike trains are back!  With more departures and more destinations to choose from there are thousands of kilometers of cycling paths waiting to be enjoyed. Read more
Interstate 5

Beginning of West Coast "Green Highway" Along Interstate 5

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation AeroVironment, Inc.  announced that it has been selected by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODoT) to install its high-power Level 3 electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations along the I-5 corridor from the California state line to the Willamette Valley. Read more
CityCarShare

CarSharing Industry Forms Association to Drive Best Practices

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Communities , Green Initiatives , Leisure , Public Transit , Transportation , Travel San Francisco, CA - In order to maximize the environmental and social impact of the carsharing industry, eighteen carsharing organizations from around the world have launched the CarSharing Association (CSA). City CarShare, Read more
Lightbulb

Father and Son to Cross Country on a Light Bulb's Worth of Energy

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Green Initiatives , Hybrids , Transportation How far will a parent go to convince their child to stop leaving lights on around the house? For inventor and journalist Pierce Hoover, the answer is 4,000 miles. Hoover and his son embarked today on a cross-country adventure Read more
Photo: Nicola Betts
2011

Waterfront Toronto Releases Minimum Green Building Standards

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Energy Savings , Planning , Recycling , Transportation , Waste Management , Water Management Waterfront Toronto has released updated Minimum Green Building Requirements that build on the organization’s original Mandatory Green Building requirements developed in 2006. Read more
Plugless Power

Google Trials Plugless Power Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation Using technology similar to that available in an electric toothbrush, Google is trialing a Plugless Power™ charging station for electric vehicles at its Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. Plugless Power is the first electric vehicle (EV) charging system Read more
Solar Carport

Solar Power Carport Charges Cars in Connecticut

Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation Plainville, CT - The GE EV Solar Carport Project, one of the most expansive undertakings of its type in North America, uses GE's new smart EV Charging Stations to charge the electric vehicles hitting the streets of America. Read more
Honda's Next Generation Solar Hydrogen Station Prototype

Honda FCX Clarity Paves the Way Toward a Zero-Emissions Future

Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Featured , Fuel Cells , Hybrids , Solar , Transportation The Honda FCX Clarity is a sleekly styled hydrogen fuel cell-electric-powered sedan currently available on a limited retail basis in Southern California. The FCX Clarity is a key part of Honda's efforts to successfully develop, Read more
Aviation

Political Support Needed to Jumpstart Growth of Domestic Biofuels Industry

Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Energy , Featured , Transportation Seattle, WA - The Pacific Northwest has the diverse feedstocks, fuel-delivery infrastructure and political will needed to create a viable biofuels industry capable of reducing greenhouse gases and meeting the future fuel demands of the aviation industry. Read more
Electric Motor

Electric Motors Plant is First for Major U.S. Automaker

Posted on May, 2011 Categories: Business , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Transportation The General Motors electric motor plant near Baltimore will be the first by a major U.S. automaker dedicated to making the critical components for vehicle electrification when the plant opens in 2013. Read more
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